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CORTEC 2024 and Beyond!
As we celebrate our 20th anniversary and look toward 2025 and beyond, we are excited about the opportunities ahead for CORTEC. Reflecting on our journey, we appreciate the progress of our team and company and look forward to the vast potential ahead. In 2024, CORTEC achieved key milestones, including expanding our global presence through new…
Read MoreAt CORTEC, we’re not just about solutions—we’re all about exceptional service!
Right now, we have service personnel on board a drillship in Las Palmas, finalizing the installation of a CORTEC Managed Pressure Drilling package. This package, purchased back in May 2023, landed in February 2024. It’s thrilling to see this project take shape, marking the fourth successful outfitting with this client since 2019! This vessel must…
Read MoreCORTEC Helps Build Homes for Six Haitian Families in 2024
At CORTEC, giving back is a fundamental part of our culture. One of our passions is supporting Haiti Mission, Inc., a Louisiana-based international development organization that creates sustainable projects to bring dignity, hope, love, joy, and faith to the people of Haiti. Thanks to our team’s heartfelt generosity, CORTEC funded the construction of six homes…
Read MoreCORTEC Signs New ARF Agreement for UAE Region
CORTEC is excited to announce our new agreement with Aswan in Dubai. As a CORTEC Authorized Repair Facility, Aswan will ensure that our customers in the UAE region receive top-quality repair and maintenance services for their CORTEC products. This partnership will further enhance our commitment to providing exceptional support to our valued international clients. CORTEC…
Read MoreCORTEC Control System Automation Maximizes Your Operation
Control System Automation Maximizes Your Operation Source: Todd Fenn, Product Development Manager for Automation at Cortec Oct 31, 2024 as published in Offshore Engineer Pressure control equipment is the backbone of the Oil and Gas Industry. It is the first and last line of defense in pressure and flow control. Advancements in valves, chokes,…
Read More20th Anniversary: CORTEC Evolution and Expansion into Valve Technology
In 2006, CORTEC embarked on an effort to diversify from our line of wellhead production chokes. CORTEC founder Bobby Corte Jr., in partnership with his brother-in-law Larry Chauvin, started a new division under CORTEC Manifold Systems (CMS), focusing on compact valve solutions.
Read MoreCORTEC Offers Monoflanges Featuring Double Isolation and Bleed Needle Valve Design
CORTEC now offers monoflange designs, featuring a DIB (double isolation and bleed) needle valve design. The monoflanges pictured incorporate a 1-13/16” API RTJ 15,000 PSI flange face. CORTEC offers these monoflanges with other flange / hub face connections to match our customers piping requirements in pressure classes up to 20,000 PSI. Monoflanges are also offered in […]
Read MoreCORTEC Launches New NX1 Choke Design, Offering Remote Operation and Increased Service Life
CORTEC, a leading manufacturer of high-quality API valves, has successfully completed field testing for its new remotely operated NX1 model hydraulic choke, a design that increases service life during harsh flowback operations and allows easier field service by the end user. The NX1 choke offers a compact, 2-inch, 1502 choke layout and is an ideal […]
Read MoreCORTEC Featured in International Oil & Gas Engineer
For years, operators working on shale wells have battled substantial amounts of well debris. As fracking and plug parts surface from within the wells, operations are forced to halt to clear the plugged chokes, costing both time and wear on the equipment. This debris accumulation also limits the type of choke trim that can be […]
Read MoreCORTEC Launches New Wellhead Plug Catcher to Reduce Downtime
CORTEC, a leading manufacturer of high-quality API valves, has launched its new, compact, Wellhead Plug Catcher, which is installed directly between the wellhead and the production choke. Fracking and plug parts returning to the surface is a common problem in shale wells. The user-friendly Wellhead Plug Catcher is installed upstream of a wellhead production choke […]
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